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Adriana Trujillo

Patagonia Challenges Businesses to Eschew Lax Textile Standards, Support Regenerative A... - 0 views

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    Purpose-driven US outdoor clothing giant Patagonia is calling for business leaders to back regenerative organic agriculture, claiming that certain textile standards are "not going far enough
Adriana Trujillo

EPA Issues Final Landfill Methane Emissions Rules · Environmental Leader · En... - 0 views

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    The EPA today released final standards for new and modified municipal solid waste landfills and emission guidelines for existing landfills. Under the final rules, new, modified and existing landfills will begin capturing and controlling landfill gas emissions at levels that are one-third lower than current requirements, updating 20-year-old standards for existing landfills.
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Food Companies Want Single GMO Labeling Standard · Environmental Management &... - 0 views

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    The Coca-Cola Company, General Mills, Kraft Foods and the other 300-plus food companies that are members of the Grocery Manufacturers Association will soon lobby the US food safety regulator and Congress for a single federal standard covering oversight and labeling of new genetically modified foods, Reuters reports.
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Setting Standards: Sustainable Apparel Coalition Wins Industry Backing: Associations Now - 0 views

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    The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), which counts more than 100 major companies among its members (including clothing brands such as Adidas and Hanes, as well as retail giants such as Target, H&M, and JCPenney), is working to create stronger standards for sustainable products
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Target Takes Important Step Toward Sustainable Product Standard | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    The Target Sustainable Product Standard, the latest initiative supporting a growing sustainability commitment at the retail leader, was developed over the last two years in partnership with industry experts, vendors and NGOs
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Cable TV Box Standards to Cut 5M Tons CO2 Annually · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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    Comcast, DirecTV, Cisco, AT&T and other consumer electronics and pay-TV companies, along with the Energy Department and other organizations, have developed standards for cable TV boxes expected to avoid more than 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
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Big Rig Standard Could Save Biggest Trucking Fleets $1.7bn · Environmental Le... - 0 views

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    FedEx, Walmart, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and UPS - five of the country's biggest trucking fleets - could cut their fuel use by 500 million gallons a year under the new heavy duty truck fuel efficiency standard, saving $1.7 billion on fuel, according to a Union of Concerned Scientists study.
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H&M, Eddie Bauer, The North Face, Others Commit to More Responsible Down · En... - 0 views

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    H&M, Eddie Bauer, The North Face, Marmot, Mammut, Helly Hansen, Outdoor Research, DownLinens, Down & Feather Co. and other leading international fashion, bedding and outdoor brands have adopted the Textile Exchange's Responsible Down Standard, a third-party certification standard that can be applied to any waterfowl-based supply chain to help ensure humane treatment of animals from gosling to end product.
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The North Face Introduces Fall 2016 Line Featuring 100% Certified Responsible Down - Pr... - 0 views

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    The North Face today announced its Fall 2016 line, including more than 500 down product styles that feature certified responsible down through the Responsible Down Standard (RDS). Officially launched in January 2014, the RDS is the most comprehensive, global, third-party certified animal welfare and traceability standard for down and feathers available for use by any company. The North Face initially committed to include 100 percent certified responsible down in all retail and wholesale down products by Fall 2017, and was able to achieve the increase a year sooner than anticipated. 
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U.N. panel proposes historic cuts to aircraft emissions - but environmentalists say it'... - 1 views

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    A committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed standards for aircraft carbon dioxide emissions. "When fully implemented, the standards are expected to reduce carbon emissions more than 650 million tons between 2020 and 2040, equivalent to removing over 140 million cars from the road for a year," the White House said in a fact sheet
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Rainforest Alliance, UTZ announce merger to create single sustainability standard and c... - 0 views

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    Two of the world's leading sustainability certification bodies, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, plan to merge later this year in an effort to simplify the certification process for sustainable agriculture. Under the name Rainforest Alliance, the organization create a single global certification standard by 2019 that will streamline certification for farmers and empower companies to build more responsible supply chains, more efficiently.
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Not so fair trade: Sainsbury's are misleading shoppers by replacing fairtrade logo with... - 0 views

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    British supermarket group Sainsbury's has launched its own in-house sustainability standard, provoking backlash from The Fairtrade Foundation and Fairtrade producers alike. Developed as part of its Sustainability Standards Program, the 'Fairly Traded' label is Sainsbury's attempt to simplify the complex landscape of certifications, while providing more direct support to farmers. But the Fairtrade community fears the move will put the producer-buyer relationship out of whack, with producers ultimately coming out on the losing end.
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Why Leading Global Companies Are Using a New Food Waste Standard to Reduce Wa... - 0 views

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    Food loss and waste costs businesses billions of dollars each year and it generates about 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten.
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Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard | World Resources Institute - 0 views

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    The Consumer Goods Forum, UNEP, and the World Resources Institute were among a group of organizations to launch the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard-a set of global definitions and reporting requirements that enable companies and countries to measure food waste, identify its origin, and implement measures to reduce it.
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Amping Up Innovation: 20 Purpose-Driven Brands Rise to the Challenge of New Made to Mat... - 0 views

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    Target updated its Made to Matter product standards, which now require the 20 participating brands to meet at least one of its sustainability-driven criteria. The criteria include reducing waste and packaging, integrating circularity principles into production processes, eliminating the use of additives and "harsh" chemicals, and more.
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Coalition of Conscious Companies Asks EPA to Strengthen Big Rig Emissions Standards | S... - 0 views

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    A dozen major retailers have joined a push for tougher restrictions on trucking emissions and are asking regulators to push for swifter and steeper reductions in fuel use by the freight sector. The firms, which include General Mills, Ben & Jerry's, Stonyfield Farm, and Patagonia, say stronger standards would help reduce their operating costs and make it easier to pass savings along to consumers.
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Development Standards Changing, Sustainability Executive Says - 0 views

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    Sara Neff, vice president for sustainability at Kilroy Realty, says an upcoming project in San Francisco will be the real estate investment trust's most innovative sustainability project. The site "will feature a living roof, use of storm water for toilet flushing, solar panels and bricks grown from bacteria," writes Sarah Borchersen-Keto
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Not just good on paper: how businesses and NGOs can protect rainforests | Guardian Sust... - 0 views

  • ollaboration on rainforest protection can improve transparency, empower communities and boost regulation standards
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    Collaboration on rainforest protection can improve transparency, empower communities and boost regulation standards
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Apple's 2014 Supplier Responsibility Report Earns Greenpeace Praise On Conflict Materia... - 0 views

  • and more transparency about which suppliers and facilities provide its raw metals and materials, including lists of which have been verified as conflict free and which are still in need of future verification
  • Apple has released its annual Supplier Responsibility report, detailing its monitoring of supply partner labor practices, compliance with regulations and Apple’s standards of business, the environmental impact of its product components and more. Apple highlighted its ongoing education investments in the report, detailing the growth in its worker rights and skills training up top.
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    Apple has released its annual Supplier Responsibility report, detailing its monitoring of supply partner labor practices, compliance with regulations and Apple's standards of business, the environmental impact of its product components and more. Apple highlighted its ongoing education investments in the report, detailing the growth in its worker rights and skills training up top.
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Sustainability Ratings Standard Moves Forward · Environmental Management & En... - 0 views

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    The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) has released the 12 core principles it will use for accrediting sustainability ratings worldwide.
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